Improvement in machinery for oiling wool



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Be it known that I, JOHN SHINN, of Leverin gton, in the county of Philadelphia and State A of Pennsylvania,'have invented new and useful Improvements in Machinery for Oiling Wool on the Feed-Cloth of a-Uardor- Picker; and I do hereby declare that the .following is a full and exact description thereof', reference rbein g had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of-rcference markedthereon. The nature of my'invention consistsin'oiling Wool on the feed of 'a Wool-picker or card by means of a tank, grooved cylindenand endless wire-cloth, belt, or aplain roller covered with wire-cloth. L

To enable others tomake construction and operation. In referring to the drawings which make part of this specication similar letters in the ner: The oil is pnt lin the tank B. 'The roller drawings refer to like partei. Y Figure 1 is a top or birdseye view. Fig. 2 is a section through the center of the feed. Fig. 3 is a view of the grooved roller b. Fig.

4. is a view of the slotted roller-bed a. Figs. 5

and'6 are modioationsot' my improvements for discharging the oil from the tank.` l

ll-hat others mayV make my improved oiler, I will describe its'construetion.

i AA is the frame ot' an ordinary feed-table of a card.l B is the oil-tank,which extends across and rests on the same. In and fastened to the bottom ofl this tanlrs the slotted rollenbed a.

(Seen in Figs. 2, .4, yand 6.) The roller `bmayV be made of ordinary wrought-iron steam-pipe, about four inches'in 'diameter and about threefourths of au inch longer lthan the WidthV of the `feed-table. VGast-iron journals are fitted in each end .of this pipe, which is turned perfectly true. The bed a is then ground to itthe circle of the roller. The roller is then grooved with any suitable number of grooves by either milling or planing. -These grooves must not extend the full length of the roller, but about three-eighths ot' an inch on each end ot' the roller must be plain and not grooved. On one Journal is a spur-wheel. rllhis Wheel is geared into a pinion on a stud fastened to the end of 4the tank." 0n this stud is a pulley,whicl1 :may

no driven from any suitable part of the card;

and operate my' "invention, I `\'vill` now' 'proceed toexp'l'aln its ttt I 'Staudinger to drive it fmmtnef the Workers. The faceol'. bed a is 'theeighth part y.

of `a circle, and eight of them forming a complete circle. They areclampcd together and boredout just the size of the roller b.; The bed a (seen in Figs. 2, 4, and 6) should be made ot' whole leu gthof it, to correspondlwith. thegroove in the roller and to a slot out in the .bottom of the oil-tank.

on the rollers 1 and 2, and Working close to the top feed-roller, (J, and directly under the-opening in the bottomot' the oiltank. These rollersvare setone a littlemore elevated than the other,as seen in Fig. 2, so as to give the wool abetter chance tochter between the two cloths. This cloth should be operated by gea-riugfroxn the feed-rollers.

The machine operates in the following man- 11, tt-ing the bed a perfectly oil-tight, the oil cxpels the air from the grooves, and as the roller revolves the oil is carried to the openings in the bed a and bottom of the tank, through which it drops on the wire-clothe.l The meshes ot the Wire-cloth cause it to spread and be more evenly diffused over the wool as it passes it' dropped directly on the Wool. The wire-cloth moves in the direction ot' the arrow andclose to the feed-roller C', and this feed-roller will 'strip ott any fibers that may a'dhere to it.

feed-table, or a burr-box is not used on top of the feed, the oiltank `may in such case beset directly over theroller 2.v Thiszroller may be covered with line wire-clothor not, or the oil may be directly discharged "on the wool; but I would prefer thewire and roller, as it will canse aperfect diffusion of the oil on. the wool.

Figs. 5 and 6 are modifications of the roller b and bed a. -Only one groove is used in Fig. '5, and in Fig. 6 two grooves are used. The arms receive an oscillating movement. from a crank on any suitable-partei' the card.

cation No.1,172 for 1852 a grooved roller is .used 5. but this roller ison the outside of the tank, and partly embedded in and through the brass, and have a slot extending nearly the c is the endless wirecloth,.which is mounted` to the feed-rollers between the two 'cloths than e When `the burrs are discharged lunder the n I am aware that lin Masons English specitibottom of the same, While with my improvement the roller is wholly in the tank and used in connection with the bed, which is separate from the tank and fastened toit by screws.- 1t

will thus he seen that my improvement has advantages in the cost of tting and making;-

also, it will be more easily kept in Workingorlde1',\vhieh will be readily perecivedby comparing the two. In the same specification is also described a cylinder coveredl with wire. This cylinder is'used for the purpose of pressing the Wool to an endless cloth immersed in oil, so that the oil may saturate the Wool, the cylinder andendless cloth Working inside of the tank; With my improvement I use the wireclot-h orcovcred lroller for conveying the oil to the woohafter having beenldischarged from the tank by suitable mechanical contrivances.

ing discharged from the'vtank and convey it to the wool on the feed-cloth, as above described.

JOHN- snnvn.

Wi tnesses:

D. RODNEY KING,1 T. G ANDREWS. 

